Maritime OT Cybersecurity Made Simple: 2026 Update
Maritime OT cybersecurity is basically the safety net for the things that actually move the ship: ECDIS, DP, main engine controls, power management, cargo systems and all the gateway gear that connects them. As...
OPEC+ Holds The Line: Pause On 2026 Oil Hikes Keeps Bunkers In A Narrow Range
OPEC+ ministers met Sunday and chose to keep their existing production plan in place, confirming that there will be no fresh output increases in the first quarter of 2026. The group has already brought...
Green Corridors Multiply as Cost Wall Slows Real Zero Emission Routes
The latest progress report from the Getting to Zero Coalition and Global Maritime Forum shows green shipping corridors growing to 84 active initiatives worldwide, with 25 new routes launched this year and four now...
Signs of a Controlled to Suez / Red Sea
Improved security signals and a fragile Gaza ceasefire have eased Red Sea attack risk, and Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority is actively inviting carriers to move back from the Cape of Good Hope to the...
SteelCorr Review: The Digital Paint Report for Ships
SteelCorr sits right where paint maintenance, crew workload and ESG targets meet. Based in Dubai’s DMCC district, they combine an AI-powered “Digital Paint Report” app with non-sparking surface prep tools so ship managers can...
AI is Unlikely to Kill These 22 Maritime Jobs – It May Make Them Wildly More Valuable by 2030
In every serious scenario for “AI in shipping,” the same conclusion keeps coming back: the tech changes how people work, but it doesn’t remove the need for human judgment in high-risk, high-value parts of...
Older Hulls, New Pressure as Aging Fleets Force Hard Choices for Shipowners
Global fleets are getting older just as ordering picks up and new recycling rules bite. Recent analysis shows container, tanker and bulk segments all carrying a heavy share of mid-life and elderly ships, while...
Biofouling Detection Sensors Made Simple: 2026 Update
Biofouling detection sensors are the early-warning system for slime and barnacles. Instead of waiting until fuel bills creep up or a sea chest chokes, they watch for the first signs of biofilm on hull...
UK locks in 78% North Sea tax as Industry Warns of 66 Billion Dollar Investment Hole
The UK government has confirmed that the Energy Profits Levy will stay in place until March 2030, keeping the headline tax rate on North Sea oil and gas profits at around 78 percent. Industry...
Marseille-Fos Triples Its Bet: €1.3bn Plan To Be South Europe’s Main Gate
The port of Marseille-Fos has signed off on a strategic plan for 2025 to 2029 that authorizes up to €1.3 billion in investments, about three times what it spent in the previous five years....
Oxford Maps a $14bn Chokepoint Bill as Narrow Sea Lanes Reshape Trade Risk
A new Oxford University study in Nature Communications puts concrete numbers on something shipowners already feel: disruptions at key maritime chokepoints affect around $192 billion of seaborne trade each year, resulting in roughly $14...
AI Voyage Optimization & Weather Routing Made Simple: 2026 Update
AI voyage optimisation is basically the “co-pilot” sitting on top of weather routing, noon reports, and charter constraints. The latest platforms take high-frequency vessel data, weather and currents, fuel and carbon prices, CII/ETS exposure...
Shadow Fleet Growth Meets Indian Gatekeeping: Dark Tankers Face Tougher Insurance Checks off Paradip
The global “shadow fleet” that moves sanctioned crude has expanded into a parallel system of older, lightly regulated tankers, with estimates suggesting that roughly 16 percent of the crude fleet tied to sanctioned trades...
Azane Fuel Solutions Review: How to Bunker Ammonia
Azane Fuel Solutions sits in the middle of the “how do we actually bunker ammonia?” question. From its base in Norway, the joint venture between Amon Maritime and ECONNECT Energy is developing turnkey shore-based...
China’s LNG Buying Slump Hits 13 months as Tonne-mile Engine Cools
China’s seaborne LNG imports are set to fall year on year for the 13th straight month in November, with Kpler data (via Bloomberg and other outlets) pointing to about 5.81 million tons of arrivals,...
3d Printing on Ships Made Simple: 2026 Update
3D printing at sea is shifting from demo pieces to real downtime savers. By 2025–26, you’ve got naval ships and early commercial trials printing repair parts on board, while joint ventures like Pelagus 3D...
MSC Moves Inland in Bangladesh with Pangaon Play
Reports indicate MSC has secured a concession to operate an inland container terminal in Bangladesh, widely described as the Pangaon facility near Dhaka. The move links the country’s main seaport flows to a river-barge...
Nortech AI Review: turning HQ data into live KPIs
Nortech AI sits where a lot of owners are stuck: too many signals, not enough usable insight. From its roots in Bergen and a growing presence in Lisbon, the company plugs into vessel control...
The 25 Most Overlooked Cost Levers in Ship Operations (That Aren’t Fuel or Crew)
Most owners spend their time on day rates, bunker costs, and crew budgets, yet a lot of quiet money moves through operational decisions that rarely make it into board packs. The 25 levers below...
Belgium’s Three-day Strike Chokes Antwerp-Bruges as pilotage paused, queues build, diversions rise
Belgium’s nationwide strike (Nov 24–26) has disrupted pilotage and traffic control on the North Sea coast, halting or severely restricting ship movements at Antwerp-Bruges and nearby gateways, while road, rail, and air transport are...
UK P&I and TT Club explore Giant Transport Mutual: cover, deductibles and renewal leverage in play
UK P&I Club and TT Club have confirmed that their boards are in early talks on a potential merger that would combine one of the largest ship liability mutuals with a major port and...
Maersk Stays Cautious on Suez Return as Red Sea Risks Linger
Maersk says it will resume using the Red Sea and Suez route only when conditions allow and has not set a firm date, despite signals from Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority about an early-December partial...
Anemoi Marine Technologies Review: Rotor Sails With Real-World Numbers
Wind is finally turning into a real line item on the bunker bill, and Anemoi Marine Technologies is one of the firms turning that wind into propulsion hardware shipowners can actually deploy. From its...
Maran Tankers Books Four VLCCs at Hanwha Ocean As Orders Keep Flowing
Maran Tankers has moved for four very large crude carriers at Hanwha Ocean. Hanwha’s exchange filing confirms a KRW 757.7 billion contract for four VLCCs with deliveries by November 2028, while trade press attributes...
Methanol as Fuel for Ships Made Simple: 2026 Update
Methanol is moving from conference slide to real bunker choice, especially in the container segment. Driven by the IMO 2023 greenhouse gas strategy and expected fuel standards, owners are ordering dual fuel ships that...
Breakbulk Middle east 2026 Dates: Get Ready for Breakbulk Week Dubai
Dubai’s project-cargo marketplace returns early 2026. Across two packed days, EPCs, shippers, forwarders, carriers, ports, and heavy-lift specialists meet in one hall to compare routes, capacity, risk, and 2026–27 bid calendars, where Middle East...
Coal Shipments Hit a 23-Year Low as Steel Output Slips
Coal cargoes into advanced economies are set to fall about 2% year over year in 2025 to a 23-year low, according to BIMCO. Weaker coking-coal demand from softer steel production and more power from...
Iran’s offshore barrel build: Floating Iranian oil hits highest since 2023
Iranian “oil on water” has surged to roughly 52 million barrels, the most since May 2023, with about half of those barrels parked off Malaysia. Tracker data links the jump to softer Chinese intake...
Singapore Locks Methanol Supply for 2026 with Clearer Fuel Path at the World’s Top Bunkering Hub
Singapore has appointed three licensed suppliers to start marine methanol bunkering from January 1, 2026, setting a firmer foundation for dual-fuel ships to lift in the world’s busiest refuelling port. The move follows successful...
2026 Port Cost Benchmark Book: What a “Normal” PDA Looks Like by Vessel Type and Region
Port costs are one of the last big spend areas in shipping that still get approved with too little context. In 2026, with freight margins more sensitive to carbon, fuel spreads, and schedule pressure,...